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Preserved Red Gooseberries

A method for preserving ripe red gooseberries in sugar syrup.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Preserved Red Gooseberries

Ingredients

Directions

Make the syrup

  1. Combine sugar and water in a saucepan and boil until a thick syrup forms.

Cook and jar

  1. Add the gooseberries and boil gently for 15 minutes.

  2. Transfer the gooseberries into small stone jars.

  3. Allow to cool, then cover the jars tightly.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Gooseberries
Provide the fruit that is cooked and preserved, giving the dish its flavor and body.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and thickens the syrup, helping preserve the gooseberries.

The step that matters

Boiling the gooseberries gently for 15 minutes. Gentle boiling keeps the berries whole while the syrup soaks in and concentrates. Boiling too hard can break the skins and turn the fruit mushy.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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